Prime Minister David Cameron today pledged to continue to protect pensioner benefits, which was criticised by Labour as a promise pensioners will find hard to 'take seriously'.

Cameron today repeated his 2010 pledge not to introduce means testing for pensioner benefits, but Labour's Shadow Work and Pensions Secretary Rachel Reeves said the Prime Minister has already "let millions of pensioners down".

Reeves said Cameron and the Tory government have failed to act on rising fuel costs and "rip off" pension fees and charges, which has subsequently caused injustice for many pensioners.

“Pensioners will find it hard to take pre-election promises seriously from a Prime Minister who has introduced the granny tax, increased VAT, and caused the Tory NHS crisis which has damaged social care services," Reeves added.

“Labour has a better plan for pensioners. We will support the triple lock, freeze energy bills and ensure savers are protected against pension rip-off pension charges and mis-selling.

"As part of our plan to get the deficit down in a fairer way, we will stop paying the winter fuel allowance to the richest five per cent of pensioners and reverse David Cameron’s tax cut for millionaires. Accusations that we will end pensioner benefits are simply untrue.”

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